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Tag Archives: English and Business
TOEIC’s popularity on the rise
This article looks at the increasing numbers of people taking the TOEIC test, as it challenges Eiken, at companies that use TOIEC as a measure of English ability, and at universities that support their students in studying for or taking … Continue reading
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Tagged English and Business, learning English, Testing of English, TOEIC test
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TOEIC revisions mean big change in English study
This article looks at changes to the TOIEC test in 2006, mainly including British, American, Canadian and Australian accents, and the argument that this makes the test more authentic, as well as the increasing use of TOEIC by companies in … Continue reading
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English at work in Japan
This article by Kimie Takahashi discusses the decisions by companies such as Rakuten and Uniqlo to make English their company language. It looks briefly at the arguments in favour of this move, such as preparing Japanese companies for globalization, but … Continue reading
Rakuten’s all-English edict a bold move, but risky too
Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. surprised the public by announcing early this year it will make English its official language by 2012. All internal meetings will be in English whether foreigners are present or not. Board meetings and weekly all-company … Continue reading
Japan far behind in global language of business
This article compares attitudes to and policies for learning and using English in Japan with Korea, and China, looking at issues such as study abroad in English-speaking countries, English classes at elementary school level, English in business, and testing of … Continue reading
Firms tie English to survival
The recent moves by up-and-coming companies such as Rakuten Inc. and Fast Retailing Co., who run Uniqlo, to adopt English as their official in-house language by 2012 reveal their resolve to compete globally to survive. This article look at the … Continue reading
Companies going all-out in English
Enhancing employee English-language skills has become a high-priority management challenge for Japanese corporations, regardless of their size and industry. This is especially true for companies whose survival hinges on developing new customers or clients in foreign markets. They are focusing … Continue reading
Japanese companies planning to make English their official language
Rakuten, the Internet shopping company, have followed Fast Retailing, the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, in announcing that English will be their official in-house language from 2012. Some other large companies, such as Nissan, hold management meetings in English, but … Continue reading
Meanwhile: English speakers are from Mars – Opinion –
Despite some predictions that Chinese will become the next worldwide lingua franca, the acceptance of English as the global language, spurred by the spread of the Internet, is here to stay. Fluent English is increasingly expected, rather than respected, in … Continue reading
Big companies demanding better English
Takuya Suzuki has been taking the Test of English for International Communication exams twice a year since he joined electronic parts maker Sumida Corp. two years ago. In January, the firm made English its in-house language. Suzuki, 38, is in … Continue reading
Japan’s globalization imperative
For all the international success of Japan’s big, well-known companies, many still lag behind their global rivals in the most important markets. Why are General Motors and Volkswagen more successful in China than Honda and Toyota? Why are LG and … Continue reading
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Tagged English and Business, English and economic development
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Nissan pushes for foreign executive majority by 2016
Nissan Motor Co plans to fill the majority of its top-ranking posts with non-Japanese by the end of fiscal 2016, according to sources. Non-Japanese officials, such as directors and presidents of overseas units, currently account for 44 people of Nissan’s … Continue reading
Japan CEOs Learn `Globish’ to Expand Overseas as Economy Stalls
Oki Matsumoto, chief executive officer of online trader Monex Group Inc. and a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, has a solution to Japan’s stagnant domestic economy: Learn “globish.” Matsumoto holds regular parties at the Tokyo-based company where employees must speak globish, or … Continue reading
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Japanese CEOs learn Globish to expand Overseas
Oki Matsumoto, chief executive officer of online trader Monex Group Inc. and a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, has a solution to the stagnant economy: Learn “globish.” Matsumoto holds regular parties at the Tokyo-based company where employees must speak … Continue reading
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